“Have You Been Recruited Because You Are a Woman or Because You Are Good?” Gendered Humanitarian Diplomats at the United Nations

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Salla Turunen
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This article examines gender equality in humanitarian diplomacy. To date, there has been no discussion of gender in relation to humanitarian diplomacy, which stands in contrast to an existing body of literature on gender and diplomacy. Gender is often discussed in relation to the recipients of humanitarian initiatives, but less is known about how gender impacts aid providers. This article argues that alike diplomacy as a masculine field with homosocial tendencies, these characteristics are also found in humanitarian diplomacy. Based on interviews with staff of the United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (ocha), this exploratory case study of the UN’s gendered humanitarian diplomacy finds the following: In contrast to the UN’s mission of promoting gender equality, the current practices place men as the norm and women as the exception in the organization’s humanitarian diplomacy.
“你被招募是因为你是女性还是因为你很好?”联合国的人道主义外交官
本文探讨了人道主义外交中的两性平等问题。迄今为止,还没有关于人道主义外交中的性别问题的讨论,这与现有的关于性别和外交的文献形成了鲜明对比。人们经常将性别问题与人道主义倡议的接受者联系起来讨论,但对性别问题如何影响援助提供者却知之甚少。本文认为,外交作为一个具有同性恋倾向的男性领域,人道主义外交也具有这些特点。根据对联合国人道主义事务协调厅(ocha)工作人员的采访,这项关于联合国性别人道主义外交的探索性案例研究发现:与联合国促进性别平等的使命相反,目前的做法将男性视为该组织人道主义外交中的常态,将女性视为例外。
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